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Angela Myles Beeching, author of the well-known book Beyond Talent: Creating a Successful Career in Music, has created and run entrepreneurship programs in a number of major music schools throughout the country, and now is a full-time career consultant for working musicians.

This week, she joins me to talk about her work with musicians, and some tips for composers and performers.

Also, Angela has made a very generous offer to the MPP community: between now and December 14, 2016, she is offering a free 30-minute career consultation! Just email her at Angela@BeyondTalentConsulting.com, and mention that you heard her here.

During the course of our conversation, we touched on:

• The perceptions of entrepreneurship
• Using entrepreneurial skills appropriately
• Teaching the entrepreneurial “mentality” vs. concrete skills
• Listening to your critical voice
• Time management
• Setting up creative blocks
• Forming habits
• Setting a pre-creative ritual
• Minimizing distractions during creative time
• Being in a space conducive to writing
• Setting regular creative habits
• Steven Pressfield’s The War of Art
• Describing your music
• Angela’s generous offer to MPP listeners
• Going to conferences
• The Chamber Music America national conference

Links:

Angela Myles Beeching

Beyond Talent

Steven Pressfield: The War of Art

New Music Box: You Need a Better Bio

“Inside Morton’s Head”: Morton Gould on the creative process

“Success & Legacy”

“Five Productivity Hacks”